Higher education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines has been in a turbulent period for several decades. Pressures for reform include declining STEM student enrollments, high attrition rates from STEM curricula, and the rise of powerful alternative teaching strategies shown by cognitive science and educational research to promote learning and curricular retention better than traditional teaching methods do. In addition, research has shown that online and face‐to‐face courses on average produce comparable learning outcomes, and hybrid courses that combine the best features of both are more effective than either face‐to‐face or online courses by themselves.

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STEM教育：两个范例的故事

数十年来，科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）学科的高等教育一直处于动荡时期。改革的压力包括STEM学生入学率下降，STEM课程的高流失率以及认知科学和教育研究显示出比传统教学方法更好地促进学习和课程保留的强大替代教学策略的兴起。此外，研究表明，在线课程和面对面课程平均可以产生可比的学习成果，并且结合了两者的最佳功能的混合课程比单独面对面课程或在线课程更有效。